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Botanical print of Ixia Cepacea, a plant with a bulbous root, thin green stem and leaves, and a cluster of small purple-blue flowers. Detail of the seeds and flowers are included near the bottom.
Ixia Cepacea
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Ixia Cepacea

Artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté (French, 1759 - 1840)
Date1802-1816
MediumStipple engraving, hand colored
Dimensions20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by John and Wendy Duryea
Object number2010.86.7
Collections
Visual DescriptionBotanical print of Ixia Cepacea, a plant with a bulbous root, thin green stem and leaves, and a cluster of small purple-blue flowers. Detail of the seeds and flowers are included near the bottom. Plate 96 from volume II of "Les Liliacées".
Botanical print of Ixia Longiflora, a plan with a bulbous root, thin green stem and leaves, and pale yellow flowers. Details of the flowers and seeds included near the bottom.
Ixia Longiflora
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Ixia Crispa, a plant with a bulbous root, thin green stems, green crinkle leaves, and pink flowers. Detail of the flower and seeds are included near the bottom.
Ixia Crispa
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Ixia Polystachia (white-and-yellow-flower cornlily), a plant with a bulbous root, thin green stem and leaves, and white flowers with red veining. The plant is cut in half to fit on the page; detail of the flower and seed are included near the bottom.
Ixia Polystachia
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Ixia Candida, a plant with a bulbous root, thin green stem, green leaves, and white flowers. Detail of the flower and seed are included near the bottom.
Ixia Candida
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Scilla Umbellata (spring squill), a plant with a bulbous root, thin green stem and leaves, and a cluster of small light blue flowers. Detail of the seeds included near the bottom.
Scilla Umbellata
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Lachenalia Luteola
Lachenalia Luteola
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Moraea Sordescens, a plant with thin green stem and leaves, bulbous root, green buds, and flowers with pink, red, and yellow petals. Additional details of the flowers buds and seeds are included at bottom right.
Moraea Sordescens
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Allium Longispathum
Allium Longispathum
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Pitcairnia Angustifolia (pina cortadora), a plant with thin spiky green leaves, a thin green stem, and thin red flowers. The plant is cut in half to show all of it on one page; details of the flowers and seeds are included near the bottom.
Pitcairnia Angustifolia
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Ixia Radiata, a plant with thin green stem and leaves, and white flowers with some pink on the underside of their petals. Additional detail of the flowers is included at the bottom left.
Ixia Radiata
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Neottia Elata
Neottia Elata
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Ferraria Undulata
Ferraria Undulata
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816

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